Napalm Death – Utilitarian
My love affair with Napalm Death began in the summer of 1987. My brother had gotten hold of a cassette with Scum on one side, and some Septic Death on the other.
Need I say I was blown to bits? It was – and possibly will be for ever – the most intense musical experience of my life.
As I sit here in my comfy couch, 42 years old, pudgy around the waist and with a severe case of receding hair line, listening to Utilitarian by a band with the same name, but with no band member left from the recording of Scum, I am somehow brought in sync with that skinny long haired wannabe-crusty I was all those years ago.
Scum is now older than Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was back the…That in it self is mindblowing and terrible, on the other hand, getting older isn’t as bad as the leeches in fashion and botox industry wants you to believe. And here is one of the many reasons for my contiuing love for Napalm Death. They have aged too, they have fat bellies and are going bald, but the mind reminds the same – or the essence of the mind does. Surely we are all wiser than those dirty long haired punks we were back in ’87. But I am still angry. Angry at greedy businessmen – sharks in suits – who neglect basic human decency and respect for life and our planet, in favor of a fucking irrelevant buck.
That anger and the following impulse to act differently than Nestlé and Monsanto wants us to, is the reason why Napalm Death will always be so much more relevant than The Beatles.
Maybe this isn’t very sophisticated or even very interesting, but to me listening to Napalm Death and getting my hopes up for a better world is a big deal.
Peace and love, make noise not war…
Sore Throat – Disgrace To The Corpse Of Sid
This lp is another lifechanger for me. Basically I have tried to mimic side A in most of the music I have made since 1989…
For fuck’s sake, look at the tracklist:
This still sounds way more extreme, than most of the so called extreme music to follow it.
Side B is very good too.
It was released as MOSH10 on Earache.
Infofofo: http://www.discogs.com/Sore-Throat-Disgrace-To-The-Corpse-Of-Sid/release/367330
Napalm Death/S.O.B. – Split 7″ Flexi
I love this 7″. This is my third copy. I wore the two first out back then… Now they cost around € 20. Then about £ 1,5.
Read it all here: http://www.discogs.com/SOB-Napalm-Death-SOB-Napalm-Death/release/2195277
Coffins – The Fleshland
I got this album from Relapse today. It is still spinning as I write this. But it sounds good. The vocals are beyond human.
More to come…
Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time
Today it is 9741 days ago I bought this lp. I turned 16 that day (yes I’m 42 now).
I was a bit sceptic about the alleged “guitar synths” used, but my fears were put to shame. This is an absolute masterpiece. Vital and brilliant all the way through.
The only thing that disturbs perfection is the band photo on the inner sleeve:
Kinky!
Info: http://www.discogs.com/Iron-Maiden-Somewhere-In-Time/release/1129681
Bathory – Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
The first time my brother saw a Bathory lp, he misread the logo as Batlord. So he bought a Mentors lp instead… We were obsessed by Bathory back then. Phoned to all the Börje Forsbergs we could find in the phonebook. Börje was Quorthon’s father. We never got hold of the Real Börje though.
Bathory was too us the most extreme music ever. And indeed, we also obsessed about Countess Elizabeth Bathory. I was excited that she had had a dwarf minion called Janos as my name is Janus.
Sabbat – History Of A Time To Come
“Bell, book and candle, candle, book, bell,
Forwards and backwards to damn me to Hell.”
I still remember my scepticism when I was told that there was an English thrash band called Sabbat. I decided to give their lp a chance, and was rewarded with this beast of a thrash lp.
The lp here, is bought on Discogs, as my original lp was sold to my brother in one of our many trades.
And yeah, this record is recorded in West Germany.
Thrash!!!
More knowledge: http://www.discogs.com/Sabbat-History-Of-A-Time-To-Come/release/2183472
Death – Scream Bloody Gore
This is one of the first three “wild” lp’s I ever bought, the other two were Shark Attack by Wehrmacht and Millions of Damned Christians by M.D.C.
Scream Bloody Gore is the only record by Death that I really like, it is primitive and unrelenting and fucking awesome.
I know many people think their later records are better and more refined, but I am too simple to enjoy “refined” music. I want speed and noise… I get both here. Thank you Death.
Geekdom: http://www.discogs.com/Death-Scream-Bloody-Gore/release/393181
Repulsion – Horrified
The first time I saw the cover of Horrified, was as a patch on Bill Steer’s jeans, at the Napalm Death gig in Club Paramount, Roskilde, Denmark in November 1988.
At the time, there were three legendary bands that I really wanted to hear, Siege, Master and Repulsion. When this baby was released by Mr. Steer in 1989 on the Earache sub-label Necrosis, I was ecstatic.
And what a blast beat/distorted bass/gory lyric party I had. Still have for that matter…
Tonight I’m going to see Repulsion live here in Copenhagen, and frankly – I can’t wait!
Information: http://www.discogs.com/Repulsion-Horrified/release/790305
FUCK!!
Extra Hot Sauce – Taco Of Death
If I could only listen to one lp for the rest of my life, I might select this masterpiece.
If you don’t trust me, then read the sticker.
The drummer is Dan Lilker, and this record is grossly forgotten by most.
The songs are catchy, the lyrics good fun, and the production is… interesting.
If you come across this gem, then don’t hestitate. Grab it! There are some good fun to be had here, AND a speedy Black Sabbath cover version….
Here is a bonus photo. It’s the Extra Hot Sauce demo tape. My buddy Kenneth owns it.
Here is the Discogs info on the release I own: http://www.discogs.com/Extra-Hot-Sauce-Taco-Of-Death/release/383244
And here is the info on the us version on Arena Records (run by Glenn Evans of Nuclear Assault): http://www.discogs.com/Extra-Hot-Sauce-Taco-Of-Death/release/993682
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